Street-car



J. W. EVANS.

STREET CAR.

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Patented May 1. 1888.

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No. 881,918, Patented May 1, 1888.

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JOSEPH W. EVANS, OF N EWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

STREET-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,918, dated May 1, 1888.

Application filed November 19, 1887. Serial No. 255,572.

7 .To all whom it may concern.-

.of a post and the grabirons.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. EVANS, of Newburyport, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Street-Railway Cars, of

which the following is a specificatio This invention relates to that class of streetrailway cars known as open cars or summer cars, and it consists in the construction and arrangement of certain of the parts, where by various advantages-such as additional strength and rigiditys-are obtained, such construction being fully described below, and

. illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l is a perspective view of a sufiicient portion of a street-railway car to embody my invention, such view showing also portions of the adjacent or connecting parts. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken transversely with the car and through one of the posts, showing the lower section thereof and a little of the central section. Fig. 3 is a similar ver-' tical section of the upper section or bracket of one of the inner posts, showing also in elevation the upper end of the central section thereof. Fig. 4c is a vertical section, taken trans-v versely with the car, of one of the upper sections or brackets of an end post and adjacent parts, a portion of the central section of said post being shown in elevation. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the lower section Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of one of the wooden panels provided with its metallic side pieces or frame. Fig. 7 is a similar view of the bottom piece or lower rail of a panel. Fig. 8 is a similar view of the upper section or bracket of one of the inner posts. Fig. 9 is a similar view'of the upper section or bracket of one of the end posts.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

it represents the floor of the car; I), the crosssills; c, the seats; d, the swiveled seatbacks; e, the seat-rails; f, the seat partitions or supports, and g the foot-rails, all constructed as usual.

A is the panel, preferably made of wood. This panel is held in a metallic frame consisting of four pieces-via, the side pieces, B, grooved to receive the edges of the panel and (No model.)

provided with feet B, secured at 1 to the floor of the car and at 2 to the bottom piece; the bottom piece, 0, provided with a vertical flange, O, to prevent the panel from moving outwardly, and secured at 3 to the floor and at 4 to the side pieces, and the top piece, D, covering the upper edge of the panel by means of the horizontal flange D, secured at 5 to the side pieces and recessed at D to receive their upper ends. In the drawings this piece is represented as integral with the lower section of the post. If made separate, it should be securely bolted thereto. Panels as ordinarily constructed are of wood, provided with a rim of the same piece. They have been made, however, entirely of iron. I retain the wood for the panel proper, but leave off the rim and frame it in metal, as above described, thereby adding to its beauty, strength, and rigidity, and enabling me to put in a very light panel.

By making this frame in four piecesviz.,

sides, bottom, and top--if one piece becomes broken, a new one can be inserted without going to the expense of providing an entire new frame, or, in case the frame and panel are integral, of providing an entire frame and panel. The grooves in the side pieces, the vertical flange in the bot-tom piece, and the horizontal flange in the top piece, hold the panel firmly in position.

E is the lower section of a post, (see Fig..5,) either an inner one or an end one, made of metal and in a single piece. Its foot E is secured at 6 to the floor or sill. It is grooved at E to receive the ends of the seat-partitions f, is provided with the socket-arms Eto receive the ends of the foot-rails g, and with the pivot E" for the seat-back. the panel-frame above described is usually made integral with this section E.) It conforms in shape to the shape of the panel and rests against its inner surface. (See Fig. 2.) Its upper end is tubular and internallythreaded to receive the central section of the post. The

grab-irons h, constructed as usual, are secured (The top piece, D, of 0 section has aflange,1, for supporting the plate I, a perforation, I", for the bell-cord to pass through, and to these upper sections or brackets are secured at 9 the name-board n.

5 K (see Figs. 1, 4, and 9) is an upper section or bracket of an end post, also of metal and screwing onto the central section, H. This section has an arm, K, for assisting in supporting the head-piece q, (above which is the roof 1;) an arm, K, for supporting the canopy or bonnet t, Fig. 1, a socket, K, for receiving an end of the head-piece q,and the socket K", for receiving an end of the plate l.

In summer streetears as at present eonstrueted the posts are of wood. Mine, as will be seen from the above, are of metal, and each is in three parts, adapted to connect with and support or be supported by the adjacent parts. If desired, however, wooden posts may he inserted in and be supported by the lower sections, E.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the metallic side pieces, B B, internally grooved, as shown, and provided with the feet 13 B, the metallic bot tom piece, 0, provided with the vertical flange C, the metallic top piece, D, provided with 30 the horizontal flange D, and the non-metallic panel A, said side pieces, bottom piece, and top piece being each separate and distinct and bolted together, so as to constitute the frame, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the panel A, side 5 pieces, B B, bottom piece, 0 0, top piece, D D, and metallic post E, of the shape shown and provided wit-h the grooveE, foot E,socket-arms E, and pivot E, all made integral and conforming in shape to the shape of the 0 panel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. lhe combination of thelower section, E, of substantially the shape described, the central section, H, and the upper section, I, provided with the flange 1, said sections being all of metal and rigidly secured together, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the lower section, E, of substantially the shape described, the central section, H, and the upper end section, K, provided with the arms K and K and the sockets K and I said sections being all of metal and rigidly secured together, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOSEPH \V. EVANS.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. \VILLIAMS, J. M. Hnnrxnrr. 

